St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS.


According to the la=t census there
aFe l. 1896. 7l2 Germans in iais country.
Years Of tea tasting have finally
made blind the wealthiest tea merchant
In the world. NJ. Molokanof. Russian.
The owners Of trade newspapers in
the New York Press Club are estimated
To Be worth in the aggregate q. 900. 600.
Quarrel in : Cafe.-'.I know you.
You are . loafer!' "And you are .
liarr You appear to know me. tool"
-Paris Figaro.
"A mountain rat, ten inches high,
and about . foot long, captured on the
island Of Trinidad. has been added to
the Central Park IN. r. menageris.
Many timid little girls will be glad
to hear that Prof. Carl Braun. Of Bates
College, says that the 'tdevil's darning
needle" has no sting 1t al. but he eats
millions Of mosquitoes.
Tho invention Of the war cycle, .
velocipede that carries ten soldiers, is
considered so valuable in England that
they are to build one for twenty-six
men, thirteen to work the cycle and
thirteen to Xide.-N T. Sun.
Joseph Prick, Of Erie. Pa. while
driving . balky horse the other day
tried to encourage the animal by punch
ing it with the brcech Of his gun. The
gun was discharged. blowing Fricks
arm Oh.
AT fre alarm in Birmingham,
Ala, the hook and ladder truck was
driven out, and after going around sew
eral blocks the driver returned TO the
station house and asked Treasurer
Evans where the fire was.
Even snakes have their useA In
California they destroy gophers and
ground squirrels, and the local papers
express the opinion that some varieties
Of snakes ought to be protected by law.
Little mamma, can't ! 60
over to see Lucy to-day?" Mamma
..You must not 60 anywhere near
Lucy. She has the measles" "Well.
isn't 'fraid of measles. Can't l CO."
cliff you should take the measles
perhaps your dollie might get them"
'Oh! didn't fink OF that"-Cnicago
Tribune.
my DEAR" said Mrs. Lilton to her
husband. why do they 90 often put
appraiser after an auctiOnecr's
names" because. madam. an aac.
ii /, er is . praiser Of the goods he
sells. "-Goldes Rsle.
"A Paris cabman who committed
suicide the other day left the FOLLOWING
explanatory note: Il leave this world
because It plcases me TO do %. I have
had enough of driving other people
about in this world. am goingt to see
II in the other world people drive diff
lerently. All ask is that no fuss may
b. made about me."-Chicoqo Herald.
Omaha Dame What became Of
the young man who stole your dia-
monds?" St Louis Dame-''He has
been sent TO prison for five years"
I'm St Louisp'' Il believe So" ''They
will send him North in the summer,
though. I supposes" mo. he must
spend his summers in St. Louis, too"
..Why. that's absolute cruelty
OpsahS World
"A Detroit paper says: The steal
ing Of two clocks from one of the Pres
byterian churches in this city last Sun
day morning was piece OF cold-blood-
ed cruelty. The amount Of comfort and
encouragement some people derive
from an occasional glsnce at the clock
during . service is not to be put in fig
ures, unless one uses the Roman fig
ures usually seen on the dial-CAris-
sios Upioa.
The inspection Of meat in Berlin is
. very important matter. Twelve vet
Urinary surgeons are employed to stamp
it before slaughter, and forty micro
scopic samplers are continually on
gagged in examining the meat exposed
Tor sale. Besides these 100 experts are
employed in various duties, twenty-six
Of whom are women. - Philadelphia
Press.
On the great mesas Of California.
1t the foot Of the Nevada range, turkeys
are kept in great fiocks Of from 500 to
l.5OO. They are allowed the utmost
liberty, and are attended only by a
hcrder and his shepherd dog, whose
business it is to keep them in his terri
tory. and bring them home 1t night.
Their food is grasshoppers and wild
secd.-G. Louis Republican.
"A new use for the tobacco plant
has been discovered. Its stems and
waste, it is claimed. are equal to linen
rags in the manufacture of paper. To-
bacco waste costs less than 90 ton,
linen rags go to go. There is no ex-
pense in asserting the former and very
little shrinkage. - against . loss Of
one-third Of rags. The yearly tobacco
waste is estimated by the census reports
1t from 5000. 900 to 4.O0O.00 pounds.
0siseios Unios.
A shrewd piece Of swindling II re
ported by the French papers rs having
occurred 1t the races. Two men, APP
parsntly Of tho book-makcr profession,
had managed to pocket several hum
dred francs ON betting. when m official
looking person caused them to be taken
and led on the ground. to the evident
regret Of the bystanderA Il was moi
long, however, before it was found Out
that the pseudo policemen were in
league with their supposed victims and
had only disappeared to divide the easy
haul with them.
DIR. Chudnowski recently expert.
meuted on twelve Russian soldiers with
. view to discovering the effect Of cold
applications to the cpigastrium on thu